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dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
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The city is like a war zone
Bombs and terrorist attacks at airport and metro of the city
Alot of people are dead..city ia in lock down..they told people stay at their homes
All the best to people of belgium
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    BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    The subway car pictures are horrific
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    At least one suicide bomber.
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    callencallen Posts: 6,388
    This will give Trump some material.
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    g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,122
    callen said:

    This will give Trump some material.

    I'm sure he will have something Provacative to say. It's no wonder The Donald doesn't have to spend much money on political ads....we the people keep him in the news. There's at least 5 threads on this board with his name in it.

    I've been through that metro system in Brussels on my way to a festival in Werchter. I hope the Belgium people will recover from this attack.

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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it... I was not charlie hebdo... I was not Parisian.. I am not Belgian.... how do you wage war on an ideology? it is stateless and against it we are powerless... or at least we appear to be given our govts' reactions and their own ideologies. are our govts even serious about stopping this threat as they see it?
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it... I was not charlie hebdo... I was not Parisian.. I am not Belgian.... how do you wage war on an ideology? it is stateless and against it we are powerless... or at least we appear to be given our govts' reactions and their own ideologies. are our govts even serious about stopping this threat as they see it?

    Nope, they aren't. Chaos in the Middle East keeps our spoon in the pot, terrorism in Europe and the US is fuel for the defense budget and the hawkish leaders.
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    dimitrispearljam said:

    The city is like a war zone
    Bombs and terrorist attacks at airport and metro of the city
    Alot of people are dead..city ia in lock down..they told people stay at their homes
    All the best to people of belgium

    Watching right now. Just awful.
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    If she had, they would be 6 pages deep with MAYBE a dozen replies each.
    Her sentiment is not wrong, and neither is it wrong from all the social media posts you are referencing...the media practices anglo-centrism with vigor, pointing that out is not a sin.
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    rgambs said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    If she had, they would be 6 pages deep with MAYBE a dozen replies each.
    Her sentiment is not wrong, and neither is it wrong from all the social media posts you are referencing...the media practices anglo-centrism with vigor, pointing that out is not a sin.
    Anyone of us can bring attention to any issue we want on this board. If something isn't getting the attention it deserves, start a thread and bump it. It isn't about the media. It's about not speaking up about something and then attacking others for speaking up about something else. Most of us on Facebook/Twitter will all see tons of posts like these over the next few days. There will be plenty of support for them. To me they will ring hollow, just like after Paris.
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
    I wasn't even a pj member at the time the Ankara and Beirut attacks happened so yes my answer is no.

    as for Syria.... ive aired my share of opinion regarding that ongoing bullshit... whether its on this forum or another Is irrelevant... nor to I care to rifle through my posts to prove/disprove you opinion of what i post or make you feel good... but anyone that knows me... and clearly thats not you, knows my position. as for what you actually. or anyone else do think of my opinion/s, I don't really give a care... im not here for you or anyone else. im not here to convince you of anything and im not here to perhaps assuage anyones white guilt and im definitely not here to conform to what the western society deems appropriate.

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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
    I wasn't even a pj member at the time the Ankara and Beirut attacks happened so yes my answer is no.

    as for Syria.... ive aired my share of opinion regarding that ongoing bullshit... whether its on this forum or another Is irrelevant... nor to I care to rifle through my posts to prove/disprove you opinion of what i post or make you feel good... but anyone that knows me... and clearly thats not you, knows my position. as for what you actually. or anyone else do think of my opinion/s, I don't really give a care... im not here for you or anyone else. im not here to convince you of anything and im not here to perhaps assuage anyones white guilt and im definitely not here to conform to what the western society deems appropriate.

    I didn't ask you to rifle back through anything. I just asked what you personally did before attacking others for doing something else.

    White guilt. Cool.

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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
    I wasn't even a pj member at the time the Ankara and Beirut attacks happened so yes my answer is no.

    as for Syria.... ive aired my share of opinion regarding that ongoing bullshit... whether its on this forum or another Is irrelevant... nor to I care to rifle through my posts to prove/disprove you opinion of what i post or make you feel good... but anyone that knows me... and clearly thats not you, knows my position. as for what you actually. or anyone else do think of my opinion/s, I don't really give a care... im not here for you or anyone else. im not here to convince you of anything and im not here to perhaps assuage anyones white guilt and im definitely not here to conform to what the western society deems appropriate.

    I didn't ask you to rifle back through anything. I just asked what you personally did before attacking others for doing something else.

    White guilt. Cool.

    Freedom of choice and freedom of expression are both great things. Glad we both enjoy them.
    amen to that brother. ;):)

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    myoung321myoung321 Posts: 2,855
    Those that use religion as an excuse for violence will not succeed in stifling our liberty and freedom.

    My thoughts, Love, and so many other emotions to my brothers and sisters in Belgium.
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    myoung321myoung321 Posts: 2,855
    rgambs said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it... I was not charlie hebdo... I was not Parisian.. I am not Belgian.... how do you wage war on an ideology? it is stateless and against it we are powerless... or at least we appear to be given our govts' reactions and their own ideologies. are our govts even serious about stopping this threat as they see it?

    Nope, they aren't. Chaos in the Middle East keeps our spoon in the pot, terrorism in Europe and the US is fuel for the defense budget and the hawkish leaders.

    Exactly... The old eye for an eye... which leaves everyone blind.
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    JimmyV said:

    rgambs said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    If she had, they would be 6 pages deep with MAYBE a dozen replies each.
    Her sentiment is not wrong, and neither is it wrong from all the social media posts you are referencing...the media practices anglo-centrism with vigor, pointing that out is not a sin.
    Anyone of us can bring attention to any issue we want on this board. If something isn't getting the attention it deserves, start a thread and bump it. It isn't about the media. It's about not speaking up about something and then attacking others for speaking up about something else. Most of us on Facebook/Twitter will all see tons of posts like these over the next few days. There will be plenty of support for them. To me they will ring hollow, just like after Paris.
    Disagree.
    There will twice as many Facebook posts of people who couldn't find Belgium on a labelled map sharing their hearts and thoughts and just feeling so terrible. Why the preference for one country they can't find over another?
    The media tells them about one and not the other, and in many cases, the color of the people inhabiting the region is the primary reason for deciding to cover a story or not.
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    muskydanmuskydan Posts: 1,013
    g under p said:

    callen said:

    This will give Trump some material.

    I'm sure he will have something Provacative to say. It's no wonder The Donald doesn't have to spend much money on political ads....we the people keep him in the news. There's at least 5 threads on this board with his name in it.

    I've been through that metro system in Brussels on my way to a festival in Werchter. I hope the Belgium people will recover from this attack.

    Peace

    And yet some of you geniuses mention his name again as these horrid terrorist events are unfolding, un-fucken-real. God bless the victims and families of those lost by another ISLAMIC TERRORIST attack.
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    I'm just thankful that Islam is a religion of peace.
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    polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    you can't have a rational discussion on this ... people don't work in the rational world anymore ...

    this event is now called an islamist terrorist attack ... what do you call it when US-led coalition forces repeatedly bomb a hospital that MSF reported? ... it's called collateral damage ... for however long we continue to not recognize the root of this - the more suffering there will be ...
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    what a world we live in :bawling:
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,015
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    I did and a few others were chiming in about other places where terror attacks received little to no mainstream coverage. Anywho...

    http://m.wsfa.com/wsfa/db_332037/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=PJlCuyOu

    Article on Brussells attack.
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    rgambs said:

    JimmyV said:

    rgambs said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    If she had, they would be 6 pages deep with MAYBE a dozen replies each.
    Her sentiment is not wrong, and neither is it wrong from all the social media posts you are referencing...the media practices anglo-centrism with vigor, pointing that out is not a sin.
    Anyone of us can bring attention to any issue we want on this board. If something isn't getting the attention it deserves, start a thread and bump it. It isn't about the media. It's about not speaking up about something and then attacking others for speaking up about something else. Most of us on Facebook/Twitter will all see tons of posts like these over the next few days. There will be plenty of support for them. To me they will ring hollow, just like after Paris.
    Disagree.
    There will twice as many Facebook posts of people who couldn't find Belgium on a labelled map sharing their hearts and thoughts and just feeling so terrible. Why the preference for one country they can't find over another?
    The media tells them about one and not the other, and in many cases, the color of the people inhabiting the region is the primary reason for deciding to cover a story or not.
    And there will be plenty of posts from people who didn't give a shit about Beirut and Baghdad (referencing two in particular I saw on my Facebook feed) until other people were giving a shit about Paris. It isn't bias in the media I'm commenting on. It is people who have a problem with what other people are doing who haven't themselves previously walked the walk to back up their talk.
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    polaris_x said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    you can't have a rational discussion on this ... people don't work in the rational world anymore ...

    this event is now called an islamist terrorist attack ... what do you call it when US-led coalition forces repeatedly bomb a hospital that MSF reported? ... it's called collateral damage ... for however long we continue to not recognize the root of this - the more suffering there will be ...
    Actually we had a very rational discussion on it.
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    polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    JimmyV said:

    polaris_x said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    you can't have a rational discussion on this ... people don't work in the rational world anymore ...

    this event is now called an islamist terrorist attack ... what do you call it when US-led coalition forces repeatedly bomb a hospital that MSF reported? ... it's called collateral damage ... for however long we continue to not recognize the root of this - the more suffering there will be ...
    Actually we had a very rational discussion on it.
    dude ... you took a post that was trying to wake us up to hypocrisy in our viewpoints and took the lazy route by saying if she didn't post anything before that it meant nothing ...

    it's akin to responding to a post about animal abuse and asking if someone owns leather ...

    it's not even close to being rational
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,919
    polaris_x said:

    JimmyV said:

    polaris_x said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    you can't have a rational discussion on this ... people don't work in the rational world anymore ...

    this event is now called an islamist terrorist attack ... what do you call it when US-led coalition forces repeatedly bomb a hospital that MSF reported? ... it's called collateral damage ... for however long we continue to not recognize the root of this - the more suffering there will be ...
    Actually we had a very rational discussion on it.
    dude ... you took a post that was trying to wake us up to hypocrisy in our viewpoints and took the lazy route by saying if she didn't post anything before that it meant nothing ...

    it's akin to responding to a post about animal abuse and asking if someone owns leather ...

    it's not even close to being rational
    No, it's just a different point of view from the one you hold. You can label it irrational and lazy or anything else that makes it easier to swallow. Doesn't make it true.
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    20 people died only at metro...and counting continue
    the photos of the scene are horrible
    i ve been both at airport and the metro station at brussels...
    the airport has very traffic,,is the center of europe and the metro station is with alot of people,,2 lines,1 and 5 pass from that station
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    polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    JimmyV said:

    polaris_x said:

    JimmyV said:

    polaris_x said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    you can't have a rational discussion on this ... people don't work in the rational world anymore ...

    this event is now called an islamist terrorist attack ... what do you call it when US-led coalition forces repeatedly bomb a hospital that MSF reported? ... it's called collateral damage ... for however long we continue to not recognize the root of this - the more suffering there will be ...
    Actually we had a very rational discussion on it.
    dude ... you took a post that was trying to wake us up to hypocrisy in our viewpoints and took the lazy route by saying if she didn't post anything before that it meant nothing ...

    it's akin to responding to a post about animal abuse and asking if someone owns leather ...

    it's not even close to being rational
    No, it's just a different point of view from the one you hold. You can label it irrational and lazy or anything else that makes it easier to swallow. Doesn't make it true.
    i'll leave that for you to do
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,833
    it is all western media driven. they report on what they think we can relate to, as descendants of those who came from there.........
    Flight Risk out NOW!

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